A class for reading text data from a text file. More...

#include <textfile.h>

Public Member Functions
	textfile ()
	The default constructor.
	textfile (std::istream &in)
	A constructor for an opened file.
int	open (const char *filename)
	Opens a file with the given name.
void	close ()
	Closes the file.
	~textfile ()
	The destructor.
long	readnumber (long defaultnumber=0, int ignorecolons=0)
	Read an integer number from the input file.
int	checkchar ()
	Returns the first non-white character waiting to be read.
int	readchar ()
	Read one non-white character from the file.
int	readword (char *buf, int maxlength)
	Reads one word from the file and returns its actual length.
int	readphrase (const char *phrase)
	Reads a strongly expected phrase from the file.
void	ignoreline ()
	Ignore the current line from the current position to the end of line, including the end of line character.
long	linenumber ()
	Returns the current line number.
	operator int ()
	Returns the text file's status: 0 = not opened, 1 = opened, 13 = initialized with an input stream.
Private Member Functions
void	ignorespaces ()
	Ignores white characters and fills in the variable 'ch' with the first non-white character.
Private Attributes
int	ch
	The character already read and waiting to be interpreted.
long	line
	The current line number.
std::ifstream *	fs
	The true file if it was opened.
std::istream *	s
	A pointer to an input stream (usually equal to 'fs').

Detailed Description

A class for reading text data from a text file.

All blank characters and comments are ignored. NOTE: This class is deprecated, it is recommended to use the class std::istream directly.

Definition at line 528 of file textfile.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

chomp::homology::textfile::textfile ( )

The default constructor.

chomp::homology::textfile::textfile ( std::istream & in )

A constructor for an opened file.

chomp::homology::textfile::~textfile ( )

The destructor.

Member Function Documentation

int chomp::homology::textfile::checkchar ( )

Returns the first non-white character waiting to be read.

Returns EOF if end-of-file has been reached.

void chomp::homology::textfile::close ( )

Closes the file.

void chomp::homology::textfile::ignoreline ( )

Ignore the current line from the current position to the end of line, including the end of line character.

void chomp::homology::textfile::ignorespaces ( ) [private]

Ignores white characters and fills in the variable 'ch' with the first non-white character.

long chomp::homology::textfile::linenumber ( )

Returns the current line number.

int chomp::homology::textfile::open ( const char * filename )

Opens a file with the given name.

Returns 1 if a file associated with this object has already been opened before, 0 on success, -1 in case of an error (no message is displayed).

chomp::homology::textfile::operator int ( )

Returns the text file's status: 0 = not opened, 1 = opened, 13 = initialized with an input stream.

int chomp::homology::textfile::readchar ( )

Read one non-white character from the file.

Return EOF if end-of-file has been reached.

long chomp::homology::textfile::readnumber	(	long	defaultnumber = `0`,
		int	ignorecolons = `0`
	)

Read an integer number from the input file.

If none can be read, returns the suggested default value. If requested, ignores a preceding ':', '=' or ',' if any.

int chomp::homology::textfile::readphrase ( const char * phrase )

Reads a strongly expected phrase from the file.

Ignores white characters before the phrase and inside it. Returns 0 on success, -1 if the phrase was not present in the input (shows an error message in that case).